The numbers of children who are deprived of education in India are countless; in fact 29 per cent of children in India drop out before even completing their five years of primary education.
According to a report on The Better India, 1.4 million students in the 6-11 year old bracket are presently not attending any school, which is a direct reflection of the country’s sluggish economy.
Although the government has initiated numerous programmes in the past on paper, a lot of children and their parents don’t even know about those schemes. Also, there are various factors like non-completion of education, non-enrolments, and high drop out rates that is stopping the country from attaining its goal to increase literacy rates.
While it is impossible to provide for all the needy children out there, an old lady has taken up the initiative to literally bring education to the doorsteps of the needy and unprivileged children.
Ranjani Paranjape, popularly known as Ranjani Tai, is the founder of the Door Step School, which is a non-profit organisation focusing on providing education to the children who come from the poorer division of the society.
Currently, she is focused on providing education or literacy classes to children between 3-14 years of age. She has introduced several programs over the course of 20 years. As she continues to shower her efforts towards this noble cause, she also hopes that other people join in and lend support to these children.
Here is a video by The Better India with a short summary of what the organisation is doing:
